Maytszishan is just a few miles south of the Great Silk Road. Many of the monks chose to stay in these caves and work there.

One of the earliest written records about this are found in the biographies of the two monks Tanhonga and Huanggang, who meditated there with his disciples.

Huge Buddha is almost perpendicular to the side of the mountain - the highest is more than 16 meters in height. Stairs that lead up and around the caves were originally made of wood, but after been fitted with metal supports, for security purposes

my friend's experience... If you must visit China,
doing it for ties of the ancestral motherland, by all means go. But be
warned that you do not take you last breath there, for it will cost you more
than an arm or leg. The episode below will explain..............

DO NOT EVER VISIT CHINA DURING A LONG PUBLIC HOLIDAY UNLESS YOU HAVE PLENTY, PLENTY
of CASH or You are Fit /
Healthy